SWT 166A : Clementi Int - Alexandra Rd
The section between Clementi Int and Alexandra Rd is where
single-decker buses on service 166 usually have very high loading
during peak hours.
The loading is so high that it is almost not possible to board
the single-decker buses on service 166 between Commonwealth Avenue
West and Ayer Rajah Expressway, during morning peak hours.
However, as 166 is a long route, it may not be wise to do
single-to-double fleet upgrades just for that "short section" of
the route (8km out of 29km).
Therefore, I would like to recommend that we have a
Short-Working Trip (SWT) of service 166 between Clementi Int and
Alexandra Rd, during peak hours.
True... 166 is the only service catering Clementi/Dover to
Alexandra/HF and is totally packed during AM (7-9am) and during PM
towards Clementi (530-7pm).
I think SBST has to manage its deployment of buses better. It
has 18 DDs, 8 SDs.
The loading is high between Mayflower - Little India (AM) and
Clementi to Alexandra. The SDs need to be deployed such that during
AM peak they are between Alexandra Road and AMK (strictly SD
loading). I am also okay if they deploy the SDs back to back on
those slots.
By the time they come to AMK and layover and start trip back to
Clementi, AM peak would be over and SDs will cater the load nicely
back towards Clementi.
Thoughts?